favalodo wrote:I read all of ya'lls comments and amazed. I had a difficult implant. I was in OR over 6 hours. Dr had it pumped to 50% for 10 days then he deflated me setting me back 4 day more sore. I can now feel pump and barely the release button. I 'm exploring. I am 27 days out and no way I could squeeze that pump. I go back in 2 weeks for the lift-off, and I don't think I will be ready. I'm amazed some of you try pumping so soon. Dr told me don't dare to pump! Amazed how far some of you have gone.
Different doctors, different philosophies, similar outcomes.
It’s why I tell those who follow me into Bionic-dick land to listen to their doctors.
You have a segment of physicians who are very pro-early-activation. They want to stretch those tissues out to avoid scar tissue formation and maximize size.
You have doctors who want a patient to be well healed before activation, to avoid additional trauma and they realize that scar tissue will get busted up and stretched after some healing and the patient won’t be searching for a fainting couch and a bottle of Percocet.
And every possible stop in between.
When all is said and done, we all seem to get to the same place.
There were three of us on here who were implanted about same time, Jan 2020: me, CajunJeff, & Notaes.
I was the early activated, Jeff was sort of in between, & Notaes’ doctor told him not to touch it for 6 weeks.
Four years later we are all (last time I talked to them) happy, horny, & hung.
The right answer, then, is follow your doctor’s advice, and if it’s painful, doesn’t work, or is a problem for you…..talk to the Doc.
